Hennessy

in th depth of yer attention dont take a sip outta th wrong container adios peter john

watch out those springy stirrup leas dont catapult yer purty butt into next week adios peter john

sorry fer th pun,40 years of scratchin lea has run me up on these people,i guess th best thing is wot yer doin and anylizein a way around the frustation ,with a plan to avoid in th future.have a catalog or two of lea stuff u like to make n use it, as a starting point ,usually figure higher than retail n believe in yerself adios peter john

box up some toilet paper that has a lil brown dye on it ,mark 'sample' on outside n mail it to th dude when he calls b nice n tell him u can do it all.

howdy elton,thank ye fer yer kind words of acknowledgement.i look forward to reading more of your stuff soon eh .ahm not very literate on these machines and thanks to rheu arth ahm typing one handed,left one to boot eh slooooow n spellin like a texalian eh. adios peter john

check with some class shops.i believe it to b no more thana grey apron type material some ruff others smooth it is not from a mule just a false track eh,sounds good,adios peter john

dying black oil dye.this works ,on clean lea surface oil, dry ovnite,neatlac surface, dry .then black oil dye, dry, buff ,dye agin if needed,then lac agin.little or none rub off,this put new hope in me fer sure adios peter john

heres one to try.clean lea ,dry, then lacquer,dry,then go over with oil dye dry rub clean.oil front n bak seal bak.it really works.pete

howdy bruce,yep ahm the guy who made rodeo gear 4 30 yrs. i sold out a year back n now am still scratchin lea eh.i grew up in australia and worked on aussie n english saddles first, came to u.s. to study western saddles.i had a trainer try my double d rig with foam lined skirt with amazing results, he also moved his saddle back again he was amazed, perked me up too. heres another weird bit of opinion,look at the the old saddles they were not blocked onto skirts but were laced on thru strings. over eons of time the bars wallowed down into a blocked appearance which led thinkers to suppose a better fit would evolve if blocking was done. now we have plugged skirts that suggest a 2 layer skirt..i believe two layers of lea in skirt no blocking,this becomes a weight transfer for the load over a bigger area i think that was th reason for skirts anyway. what think you ,look forward to yer thoughts. Sorry to hear of your friends passing yes im interested in knowing more about him.later peter john

i had recently a fellow call who was wearing holes in his three horses shoulders. i believe in a double d rig , standard drop or in skirt and talked him into givin it a go.when i dropped the skirt lo n bhold,one bar bulged like an ostrich egg whilst th other was flat. a 1999 bc trophy saddle he was proud of.i called him n ask do you have to stand up to push down on right stirrup to keep saddle level? why yes he replied,when i gave him a tree to fit up on one of his bald shoulderd ponys, he set it up on th wither on top of his scapula like i did when i was tryin to ride broncs.when i offered my2 cents worth he turned to me n said mah father showed me how to saddle a horse 40 years ago i aint changing now.i believe in allowing that scapula to freely move,a double d rig secures th tub to a spot with less slippage and less angle in latigo pull..also being aware of back problems and seeking solutions are signs of a horseman for sure., i believe a horseman would have at least three saddles to handle an array of ponys, that goes with th work .custom fit trees are for high end horses who will likely grow up n out of it sooner or later good blankets n a few good saddles of varience combined with a conscience, to them ponys would help a heap.adios peter john